近代越南文化的变迁

Transformation of the Vietnamese Culture from the Second Half of the 19th Century to 1945

近代时期,特别是19世纪下半叶至20世纪初,是越南社会从"传统"向"现代"转型的历史时期。越南的传统文化发生了断裂,汉文化在越南的传播与影响较以前大大减弱,而以法国文化为代表的西方文化大举侵入。在这个东西方文化碰撞和交流的时代,越南进步知识分子意识到:如果想生存下去并紧跟世界的发展步伐,越南社会必须进行深刻的变革。在促进这一社会变革的过程中,越南知识分子非常清楚国语文字、教育以及媒体所起的关键作用,使它们成为推动社会变革的有效工具。在他们的自觉努力下,越南近代国语文学、宗教、建筑、音乐、电影、舞台艺术等各个方面都取得了长足的发展,新的生活方式也在越南社会中越来越普及。

In modern times, especially during the period of the late 19th to the early 20th, Vietnam was in its transformation from a ＂traditional＂ society to a ＂modern＂ one. In this period, the development of Vietnamese traditional culture was interrupted, the western culture represented by French culture spread rapidly when the dissemination and influence of Chinese culture weakened considerably. Under these circumstances, a lot of Vietnamese intellectuals realized that the Vietnamese society must undergo a series of profound transformation in order to keep up with the pace of the world development. In promoting social change, the Vietnamese intellectuals knew exactly that the Quoc Ngu, education and media would play an important role and successfully used them as efficient tools. With their conscious effort, considerable developments had been achieved in modern Vietnamese literature, religion, architecture, music, film, and performing art, and new lifestyles were also popularized in the Vietnamese society.